Pennsylvania Code
Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION
Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Chapter 116 - RADIATION EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
Section 116.5 - Program requirements and eligible expenditures
Universal Citation: 4 PA Code ยง 116.5
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Program requirements.
(1) To maintain eligibility for funding, each
county, risk municipality, school district, volunteer organization and State
agency shall meet the requirements of the Agency's Radiation Emergency Response
Program.
(2) The requirements of
the Radiation Emergency Response Program shall include the following:
(i) The participation of each county and
State agency in required radiation emergency response exercises and drills,
including remedial exercises and drills.
(ii) The development and maintenance of a
county or State agency radiological emergency response plan for each
appropriate emergency planning zone.
(iii) The development of a primary and
secondary communications system between each county and its municipalities,
school districts and volunteer organizations.
(iv) The development of a communications
system between each county's emergency operations center and its reception and
mass care centers.
(v) The
development and maintenance of a current list of handicapped persons requiring
special assistance. This special assistance is to include life-saving or life
support equipment and special transportation.
(vi) The development of a program to recruit
and train volunteers such as bus drivers, emergency operations center staffs
and decontamination teams needed to maintain the response capability of each
county's radiation emergency response plan.
(3) Detailed requirements for compliance with
paragraph (2) may be provided through directives or instructions on the
application forms used to administer the Radiation Emergency Response
Program.
(b) Eligible expenditures.
(1)
County and State agency expenditures shall contribute to the development of a
radiation emergency response capability in conformity with the standards and
criteria established by the NRC, FEMA and Annex E to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
(2) The following list of activities are
appropriate uses of grant funds by risk counties. If a grant applicant wishes
to use grant funds for a purpose other than those listed in subparagraphs
(i)-(ix), the applicant shall secure the Agency's prior written approval for
the use or activity.
(i) Develop, revise,
upgrade and test the radiological emergency response plans of the county, its
municipalities, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and schools located within
the EPZ.
(ii) Participate in drills
and exercises, including remedial drills and exercises, scheduled by the Agency
or by the Federal government.
(iii)
Conduct a countywide public information and education program concerning the
health aspects, hazards and effect of radioactive releases that may be
associated with a fixed nuclear facility incident, proper response action for
an individual's protection and preparations that have been made for the
protection of the public.
(iv)
Procure essential equipment, such as communications equipment for two-way
communications between each county and its municipalities for traffic control,
miscellaneous supplies such as bullhorns, batons, traffic barriers, generators,
citizens band radios for route alerting, and other appropriate supplies needed
for the direction and control of operations.
(v) Conduct a countywide program to identify
and maintain a list of nonambulatory, deaf or otherwise handicapped persons who
may need some form of special assistance, including lifesaving or life support
equipment or special transportation in the event of a radiation
emergency.
(vi) Conduct a program
that recruits and trains volunteers for emergency functions such as the
replacement of bus drivers-normally bus drivers will be provided with the
buses, however, volunteer drivers should also be included in contingency
plans-county and municipal emergency operations center staff and
decontamination monitoring teams.
(vii) Pay the personnel costs directly
involved in the development or implementation of the Radiation Emergency
Response Program. Detailed justification of personnel costs shall be included
in the application work plan.
(viii) Procure construction or remodeling
supplies for an emergency operations center or purchase equipment for an
emergency operations center.
(ix)
Provide maintenance services for equipment purchased for radiation emergency
response functions.
(3)
The following list of activities are appropriate uses of grant funds by support
counties. If a grant applicant wishes to use grant funds for a purpose other
than those listed in this paragraph, the applicant shall secure the Agency's
prior written approval for the use or activity.
(i) Develop, revise, upgrade and test the
radiological emergency response plans of the county.
(ii) Participate in drills and exercises,
including remedial drills and exercises, scheduled by the Agency or by the
Federal government.
(iii) Conduct a
countywide public information and education program concerning the county's
support role in a radiological emergency and the public safety measures to be
implemented as part of its support mission.
(iv) Procure essential equipment such as
two-way radios for communications between the county, its reception centers and
its mass care centers, equipment needed for traffic control such as bullhorns,
batons, traffic barriers, generators, citizens band radios and other equipment
or supplies needed for the direction and control of support
operations.
(v) Conduct a program
that recruits and trains volunteers for the county emergency operations center
staff and for decontamination monitoring teams.
(vi) Pay the personnel costs directly
involved in the development or implementation of the Radiation Emergency
Response Program. Detailed justification of personnel costs shall be included
in the application work plan.
(vii)
Procure construction or remodeling supplies for an emergency operations center
or purchase equipment for an emergency operations center.
(viii) Provide maintenance services for all
equipment purchased for radiation emergency response functions.
(4) The following list of
activities are appropriate uses of grant funds by State agencies. If a grant
applicant wishes to use grant funds for a purpose other than those listed in
this paragraph, the applicant shall secure the Agency's prior written approval
for the use or activity.
(i) Develop, revise,
upgrade and test the radiological emergency response plan of the State
agency.
(ii) Participate in drills
and exercises, including remedial drills and exercises, scheduled by the Agency
or by the Federal government.
(iii)
Conduct training programs related to the State agency's assigned functions and
missions under the Radiation Emergency Response Program.
(iv) Procure essential protective supplies
and equipment and communications equipment. The State agency will dedicate this
equipment to the use of the Radiation Emergency Response Program.
(v) Pay the personnel costs directly involved
in the development or implementation of the Radiation Emergency Response
Program. Detailed justification of personnel costs shall be included in the
application work plan.
(vi) Provide
maintenance services for equipment purchased for radiation emergency response
functions.
This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 116.4 (relating to allocation of funds); and 4 Pa. Code § 116.6 (relating to application and review procedures for funding).
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